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i think they want us in the region and want us to be consistent and stay there. their fear is that we are going to come in and pull out again. so up end things and cause issues. >> yeah. i'm a vietnam veteran, and i've been in peace movement for probably the last thirty years. i was in iraq in december of you're and trying to get in the parking lot of the prison and of course they wouldn't let us in. my question is kind of i consider kind the elephant in the room. i think i see our current military as dahling with the american people who pave their way as dealing in two distinct modes. i see you as a master of one leg in each. my question is given the vast amount of secrecy that is necessary for the culture that you're evolving very bril i can'tly, -- bril lantly. does it concern you how this what impact this has on democracy? and the citizenship that really doesn't know what the heck you're doing it me it's an important question. i wonder if it concerns you at all. >> if i understand your question right and in many ways i argue i've been in the peace movement fo
i think they want us in the region and want us to be consistent and stay there. their fear is that we are going to come in and pull out again. so up end things and cause issues. >> yeah. i'm a vietnam veteran, and i've been in peace movement for probably the last thirty years. i was in iraq in december of you're and trying to get in the parking lot of the prison and of course they wouldn't let us in. my question is kind of i consider kind the elephant in the room. i think i see our...
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forces would be authorized to use quote pretexts which would provide justification for us military intervention in cuba the most alarming aspect of this was the disturbing scope to which these pretexts entailed see for yourself included starting rumors using clandestine radio landing friendly cubans in uniform over the fence to stage attacks on base capturing cuban saboteurs inside the base starting with riots blowing up ammunition starting fires burning aircraft lobbying mortar shells capturing militia groups sabotaging and sinking ships and conducting mock funerals for mock victims. the extent of this false flag proposition even went as far as to hijack american aircraft and blow up a nasa rocket. carrying an astronaut luckily kennedy had enough sense to reject the plan. but what other presidents aren't like kennedy you know many people look at the events of nine eleven in that same light and i myself still have many questions about the attack seen as how they were used to create perpetual war broad and a police state here at home. do you think bush and cheney had kennedy's sense you think ob
forces would be authorized to use quote pretexts which would provide justification for us military intervention in cuba the most alarming aspect of this was the disturbing scope to which these pretexts entailed see for yourself included starting rumors using clandestine radio landing friendly cubans in uniform over the fence to stage attacks on base capturing cuban saboteurs inside the base starting with riots blowing up ammunition starting fires burning aircraft lobbying mortar shells...
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as those of us who were here -- which all of us all take for, those of us who are here -- are we to believe that everybody on this list was responsible for the 9/11 attack? is that the rationale? >> all four of us agree with you. the 2001 aumf, which is only 60 words long about -- long, is now very long in the tooth. the extreme government solution would be for congress to work with the executive branch to revise that aumf. it is completely unclear about who it covers and where it covers it. >> it is as unclear as you suggest. this is a limitation. there were big arguments about it. there was a priory draft that was much more expensive and it was -- there was a prior draft which was much more expansive, and it was narrowed. the president has the right to keep his legal advice confidential. that is a longstanding principle. questions are raised as to whether the executive is complying with the law. if he feels he is, it was be -- would be a positive thing for the administration to share that legal theory with this committee and with the american people, who i think have dallas that a
as those of us who were here -- which all of us all take for, those of us who are here -- are we to believe that everybody on this list was responsible for the 9/11 attack? is that the rationale? >> all four of us agree with you. the 2001 aumf, which is only 60 words long about -- long, is now very long in the tooth. the extreme government solution would be for congress to work with the executive branch to revise that aumf. it is completely unclear about who it covers and where it covers...
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used today violence was once again flared up. these are the images the girl has been seeing from the streets of kandahar. trying to rule the day i. see. capital damascus has witnessed some of its most intense clashes in months rebels attacked government forces in the tent to seize control of key approaches to the city center where fighting came despite an earlier offer by the opposition leader now as captives to negotiate with president assad's deputy assad government could also be willing to talk that's according to its ally iran whose foreign minister let's go to that much it sponsored islamic summit whether there are splits within the opposition that makes to belittle unlikely even if they do bring down asset so says syria tribune editor in chief of the mohammed. isn't just funny it's just like all muslims will be lighter and the sun will be nicer ones different than it is now and that's not really you have a d.v.d. the can actually conform and be trite even when the you know it's listed that's it on it's a blacklist the amoun
used today violence was once again flared up. these are the images the girl has been seeing from the streets of kandahar. trying to rule the day i. see. capital damascus has witnessed some of its most intense clashes in months rebels attacked government forces in the tent to seize control of key approaches to the city center where fighting came despite an earlier offer by the opposition leader now as captives to negotiate with president assad's deputy assad government could also be willing to...
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allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television carrying the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individual since two thousand and one using remotely piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical oversight for their use this young man in pakistan would probably disagree several of his family members died at the remote hands of a drone more than a thousand other civilians were reportedly killed by you. u.s. drone strikes in pakistan and yemen we find ourselves murdering people in many cases children with no evidence whatsoever that they're involved in any criminal or terrorist activity the numbers should not come as a surprise considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their
allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television carrying the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individual since two thousand and one using remotely piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical...
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tweet us your feedback. twitter.com/booktv. >> i have been trying to find a new lens, a new way of studying presidential character. twelve years ago erodible, first ladies and thought that it would be important to understand the presidents from the different angle. when the study the person that did them the best. for example, what possibly could die as an historian contribute to the body of knowledge of lincoln or george washington? pretty much everything that could be you written probably has been written. the greatest historians have spent years poring through the letters and the evidence to produce his book of lincoln or this book in the hundreds of booker washington. my thought was when i looked at the person who knew them the best, the first lady be as historians have largely ignored the role of the first lady as they have largely ignored the role of mistresses. i suspect a lot of my colleagues and to be aldermen. most historians, as i always say to were not educated in matters of the heart or the hear
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and twitter trouble in france as a country that uses identities are revealed what's being seen as a threat to free speech on the steps towards cross border censorship. there around the world and around the clock you're watching kerry just a twin victory the world's most famous whistle blower can rest easier the ecuadorian president secured his job for another term. as according to exit polls joining the. country's diplomatic shield in london and the city by rafael correa let's get more insight on the smarties and the way now who joins us here in the studio and he sits on a small carry julian assange was certainly watching the selection very closely rafael correia is pinto win and has already declared victory in this first round according to some analysts he was marked to win a third term as his performance platform is seen in ecuador and across latin america as standing up to the u.s. and friends while the opposition is more or less seen as pro-u.s. here's adrian sound founder of the second republic project. public opinion through latin america has grown very weary with u.s. intervention i
and twitter trouble in france as a country that uses identities are revealed what's being seen as a threat to free speech on the steps towards cross border censorship. there around the world and around the clock you're watching kerry just a twin victory the world's most famous whistle blower can rest easier the ecuadorian president secured his job for another term. as according to exit polls joining the. country's diplomatic shield in london and the city by rafael correa let's get more insight...
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along the 6,200 is vincent ramirez. >> he used to patrol for mines in the rivers. and he was missing in action for about three months but then they told us they found him and we had services. >> reporter: few of the people here realized it will soon be 25 years since the fall of saigon. since the u.s. pulled out of vietnam. after years of -- at home, and since saigon was freed. >> he was going to be a doctor. he was just a good guy. we went and did a lot of stuff together. we snuck off campus and did all the goofy things you do. and he didn't have to go in, he didn't have to go to the army but he did it because he felt it was something he had to have done. that's when it really hit home. it was pretty new in the country. that's when you realize things -- life is pretty shallow. it was like a wake up call i guess. >> it was difficult for those who were in vietnam to explain what it was like to those who weren't. today many people brought their children here so that perhaps they could understand the war at least on an emotional level. they pointed the ages of many of
along the 6,200 is vincent ramirez. >> he used to patrol for mines in the rivers. and he was missing in action for about three months but then they told us they found him and we had services. >> reporter: few of the people here realized it will soon be 25 years since the fall of saigon. since the u.s. pulled out of vietnam. after years of -- at home, and since saigon was freed. >> he was going to be a doctor. he was just a good guy. we went and did a lot of stuff together. we...
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we need a legal architecture for the use of the drones. israel has drones, hezbollah at least has one and they have the supply to them. what happens when russia starts using them in the soviet republics or china. >> too many things they do without thinking to the national missile defense. we could develop national missile defense. it doesn't seem to be slowing anyone down but they still pull the money into it every year because we can do it instead of having the missile defense and get serious about cutting back strategic offensive arms. they haven't been address to. there's a lot of if we have the control that clinton abolished because jesse helms made them nervous and they can address those things. the arms control lobby in the country was quite effective we don't see much of their activity anymore. >> they've been very successful after world war ii the difficulty in iraq and afghanistan. >> the party in afghanistan is the trying to do with the soviets try to do where they take a page out of the playbook which is you come in and try to b
we need a legal architecture for the use of the drones. israel has drones, hezbollah at least has one and they have the supply to them. what happens when russia starts using them in the soviet republics or china. >> too many things they do without thinking to the national missile defense. we could develop national missile defense. it doesn't seem to be slowing anyone down but they still pull the money into it every year because we can do it instead of having the missile defense and get...
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military stay with us. the first baby steps are joy. folds and bones are not a big deal. but they can cause terrible trauma. for children can be broken by bare touch. and only the will of life can make old. i'm source way. fragile people on r.t. . no longer represents the. traditional look at. the way our economic system currently the. wealthy british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. no holds. headlines. mission impossible director brian de palma it's great to have you with us because all of our stone who wrote the script to one of your best known films scarface said in an interview with r t that americans are living in a low william state it might not be oppressive on the surface but there's no place to hide so eventually some part of you is going to end up in the database somewhere according to historian peter cause nick the us government intercepts over one point seven billion messages a day are you aware of it. now or was paranoid because like myself a very strong. views about what our american foreign policy is and so needless to
military stay with us. the first baby steps are joy. folds and bones are not a big deal. but they can cause terrible trauma. for children can be broken by bare touch. and only the will of life can make old. i'm source way. fragile people on r.t. . no longer represents the. traditional look at. the way our economic system currently the. wealthy british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. no holds. headlines. mission impossible director brian de palma it's great...
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by had mass against israel last used conflict. now on what's behind the idea what israel smells of that. the french have the eiffel tower the brits big ben and now the gazans the only symbol of the night at the few bottles with the same type of victory and the perfumes always make a person remember good things after we won the last war on gaza the rocket at m. seventy five that was celebrated we were immortalized in it by naming this perfume after it and sales have reportedly rocketed excuse the pun for five years i haven't bought israeli products the moment a palestinian product comes on the market i don't hesitate to buy it but this is something special this is a symbol of our victory. in november israel gaza war the m seventy five long range missile reached as far as television of the first time in twenty years the city came under threat which is why its frequency is far from sweet to those living here i hope it doesn't smell like like a bomb it's funny it's nonsense it's funny side of the thing. it's a good idea i wish all the
by had mass against israel last used conflict. now on what's behind the idea what israel smells of that. the french have the eiffel tower the brits big ben and now the gazans the only symbol of the night at the few bottles with the same type of victory and the perfumes always make a person remember good things after we won the last war on gaza the rocket at m. seventy five that was celebrated we were immortalized in it by naming this perfume after it and sales have reportedly rocketed excuse...
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or the really cost overruns yes a serious increase in costs but since they use their incense for the construction unfolds. it's financed by the funds of. who's the shareholder of crescent spared so it's largely finance at the expense of sperm bank yes and these cost overruns are paid for by sperm bank yes it spending one of the costs of this whole facility cost plus the overrun. and initially be reassessing the amount of. what's a rough estimate. initial price or one point two billion. in one point two billion has turned into a billion yes well done good work let's move on. and of course the russian president was being sarcastic at that point in fact the man who is responsible for the cost overruns and the delays in work has been sacked but still the person. but still the process of the construction continues and are to his very own farmer he has all the details from saatchi. well the olympic spirit is starting to flow here in sochi i'm stood in the center of the olympic park and in just under an hour's time there will be a shift ceremony to mark the one year to go countdown it will
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with me it's good to have you with us today. security forces. government protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary. says that the western intervention that helped the late leader is a lot of blame for the troubles in libya. afraid of a big big demonstrations like they did with not to with you know. we're not to was so there are saying to the people if you come out we would be hard with you they are taking people to the prisons airplanes are full eyeing on the you know war airplanes are flying on the air in t. believe people are mean mercenaries are coming from outside so i put the libyan government before i mean you know. the most important thing was no idea and they were had big big controls for the time that neighbor twenty insight leave yet and any time they have the idea there was one kind of people inside yes they were throwing him away they were very hard with the al qaeda people in libya before and now it seems not to when didn't leave yet either came in sight and they are con
with me it's good to have you with us today. security forces. government protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary. says that the western intervention that helped the late leader is a lot of blame for the troubles in libya. afraid of a big big demonstrations like they did with not to with you know. we're not to was so there are saying to the people if you come out we would be hard with you they are taking people to the prisons...
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says that the dire situation is a result of the use failed economic rescue. well it seems that it's getting worse not better this is the famous rescue of greece from the european union they say that will reach thirty percent of unemployment it means that while thousands of people lose their jobs every day in greece this is starting to become a humanitarian crisis and i think it's something that we no one expected to see in the european union you see extreme poverty you see people that tried to get a plate of food from the church we have two hundred fifty thousand people every day trying to get to the church to find food we are talking about the young people that they want to find a job in greece the trying to leave the country we're talking about people that don't have access to a primary health services and i would like in about things that no one expected to see it seems that the plan for growth is taking to margin too long to take place so something has to change i do believe that germany has stuck to this plan and doesn't want to admit the mistakes where
says that the dire situation is a result of the use failed economic rescue. well it seems that it's getting worse not better this is the famous rescue of greece from the european union they say that will reach thirty percent of unemployment it means that while thousands of people lose their jobs every day in greece this is starting to become a humanitarian crisis and i think it's something that we no one expected to see in the european union you see extreme poverty you see people that tried to...
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allowing us to see. from the way a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cars. have killed thousands of individual since two thousand using remotely piloted aircraft come. to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical oversight for their use of this young man in pakistan he would probably disagree several of his family members died at the remote chance of a grown up more than a thousand other civilians were reportedly killed by u.s. drone strikes in pakistan and yemen we find ourselves murdering people in many cases children with no evidence whatsoever that they're involved in any criminal or terrorist activity so the numbers should not come as a surprise considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked mem
allowing us to see. from the way a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cars. have killed thousands of individual since two thousand using remotely piloted aircraft come. to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical oversight for their use of this young man...
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raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world drama has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address queening that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not working john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war counts the new opportunities for the u.s. to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice to strategic consequences that inevitably come with the use of force . as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are
raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world drama has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address queening that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop...
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it's eight am here in moscow you live with us on our g it's good to have you with us i'm to bomb let's say. it's been another restless week for egypt with the plums of smoke and covering the country's main cities following street battles between anti-government protesters and police thousands of people on the variance of petrol bombs have been unleashing their anger against islamist president of mohamed morsi the political term rome has also been fueled by the authorities decision to block the video sharing web site you tube for a month the for posting a controversial anti islam film out isabel to report from the capital cairo on how the emotion has been perceived by the opposition. at the moment there's been a lot of condemnation of the band by protest movements who see you tube as a vital resource for disseminating information about human rights abuses by the security forces it's also an indication of an islam eyes ation of egypt there's been a number of quite controversial statements made by these hardline muslim clerics in the last few weeks including a religious edict calling prop
it's eight am here in moscow you live with us on our g it's good to have you with us i'm to bomb let's say. it's been another restless week for egypt with the plums of smoke and covering the country's main cities following street battles between anti-government protesters and police thousands of people on the variance of petrol bombs have been unleashing their anger against islamist president of mohamed morsi the political term rome has also been fueled by the authorities decision to block the...
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for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at www.q-and- a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> next, the japanese prime minister talks about trade relations with the united states. then the former leader of goldman sachs talks about whye
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any guarantee that france will not use it against its own people one of the. most recent but this which dispute has gone far beyond the borders of the u.s. and france and any greentree just look back in subsequent cases skeptics warn that france may be happy to my personal slight. liberty equality fraternity of france's most famous motto and three peers the country has been resting on since the french revolution and today they face new challenges with racism been one of them and it has many fearing whether both intolerance itself and the fight against it may see those hard fought principles swept aside. from paris. well i'll be back with more international news in a few moments stay with us. more news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. welcome back here with. russian scientists claimed they found the first fragments from the wreck caused macon county which saw a meteor crash in central russia on friday causing shock and devastation it sprayed de
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we'll use programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you. i want to turn a different angle story. for you here to. try out the spanish find out more visit actuality. welcome back and more world issues for us to explore now well from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia at his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protect of u.s. drone strategy an effort to avoid scrutiny around britain's kind of the see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after years of keeping it secret societies going to chicken reports brennen's a confirmation broaden horizons for america's drone fleets. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizi
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the us president will be handed a petition calling for the release of a u.k. resident who spent over a decade behind bars at guantanamo bay prison was taken to the facility under suspicion of links with al qaeda terrorists but was cleared for release in two thousand and nine however he remains in detention but he's never been charged or tried to almost be will not a defense counsel for guantanamo prisoners says almost case is not an exception. shocker armor was sold for a bounty the united states drop of leaflets to them and offered five thousand to twenty five thousand dollars for every quote arab terrorists who would be turned in in an area where people make two hundred dollars a year that was enough as the leaflet said to feed your family for a life so any arab you found you could sell for a bounty there are about one hundred sixty people at guantanamo today about fifteen of those are people who really could be charged with war crimes like khalid shaikh mohammed they were brought to guantanamo afterwards of there are other you know one hundred fifty or so p
the us president will be handed a petition calling for the release of a u.k. resident who spent over a decade behind bars at guantanamo bay prison was taken to the facility under suspicion of links with al qaeda terrorists but was cleared for release in two thousand and nine however he remains in detention but he's never been charged or tried to almost be will not a defense counsel for guantanamo prisoners says almost case is not an exception. shocker armor was sold for a bounty the united...
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last two days here in moscow this is our tease we could use ricky. egypt's supposition groups are gearing up for more mass rallies against president mercy is some threatening to storm the presidential palace the protesters are demanding that mercy up holes the goals of the revolution that ousted hosni mubarak two years ago and what's increasingly becoming a similar scenario in one of the gyptian quarters or the government to block the video sharing web site you tube in the country for a month citing anti islam content was artie's both reports the decision is only darkly to inflame tensions as the unrest continues. there's been a lot of condemnation of the by protest movements who see you cheap as a vital resource for disseminating information about human rights abuses by the security forces it's also an indication of an islam is ation of egypt has been a number of quite controversial statements made by these hardline muslim clerics in the last few weeks including a religious edict calling opposition forces to be killed and a muslim cleric speaking to
last two days here in moscow this is our tease we could use ricky. egypt's supposition groups are gearing up for more mass rallies against president mercy is some threatening to storm the presidential palace the protesters are demanding that mercy up holes the goals of the revolution that ousted hosni mubarak two years ago and what's increasingly becoming a similar scenario in one of the gyptian quarters or the government to block the video sharing web site you tube in the country for a month...
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for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at www.q-and- a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. next, your calls and comments on washington journal. live at 2:00 p.m. general speeches. >> at age 25, she was one of the wealthiest widows in the colonies. during the revolution, while in her mid-40's, she was considered an enemy by the british, who threatened to take her hostage. later, she would become our nation's first first lady at age 57. meet martha washington, monday night, in the first program of c-span's new weekly series, "first ladies, influence and image." we will visit some places that influenced her life, colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge and philadelphia. be part of the conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook posts, live, monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c- span, c-span radio and c- span.org.this morning, michigan governor talks about gun laws affecting his state. affecting his state.
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certainly glad to have you with us. now from drone strikes to torture techniques barack obama's nominee for head of the cia is facing tough questions in the senate confirmation hearing the session is underway again after it was disrupted by protestors angry at john brennan's role in america's drone program brennan is widely seen as one of the architects of the controversial program in an effort to avoid scrutiny over his candidacy at the u.s. president has even. to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad and as our t. is going to change can comments brennan's confirmation might broaden their horizons for america's drone fleet. in the shadows know more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing warfare by allowing us to see and q. from half a world a
certainly glad to have you with us. now from drone strikes to torture techniques barack obama's nominee for head of the cia is facing tough questions in the senate confirmation hearing the session is underway again after it was disrupted by protestors angry at john brennan's role in america's drone program brennan is widely seen as one of the architects of the controversial program in an effort to avoid scrutiny over his candidacy at the u.s. president has even. to hand over classified...
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and pushing us, trying to back us into a corner. ♪ >> i think every time we go, we hope that this will be the year. you wanna believe that people will do the right thing. you wanna believe that of course the church will step up. >> san francisco pastor karen oliveto, berkeley divinity professor randall miller and bakersfield pastor richard thompson are heading toward a showdown. at a convention in tampa, florida, they'll join other united methodists from around the world to debate whether their church should continue viewing homosexuality as a sin. >> it's been said that politics and religion should never be discussed in polite conversation. but the united methodist church is doing just that -- discussing whether to change church doctrine added in 1972 that declares homosexuality incompatible with christianity.
and pushing us, trying to back us into a corner. ♪ >> i think every time we go, we hope that this will be the year. you wanna believe that people will do the right thing. you wanna believe that of course the church will step up. >> san francisco pastor karen oliveto, berkeley divinity professor randall miller and bakersfield pastor richard thompson are heading toward a showdown. at a convention in tampa, florida, they'll join other united methodists from around the world to debate...
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it's been another regular so week for egypt and you're joining us here on our t.v. plumbs of spoken to is covering the country's main cities following street battles between anti-government protests and police in egypt thousands of people armed with sturdy little petrol in the south and only seen their anger against islamic. mostly the political turmoil has also been fueled by the authorities decision to block the video sharing web site for months for posting off a controversial end to islam film belching reports from the capital cairo on how the motion has been received by the opposition. there's been a lot of condemnation of the band by protest movements who see you tube as a vital resource for disseminating information about human rights abuses by the security forces it's also an indication of an islam mind zation of egypt there's been a number of quite controversial statements made by these hardline muslim clerics in the last few weeks including a religious edict calling proposition forces to be killed and a muslim cleric speaking to the ships and. justifying th
it's been another regular so week for egypt and you're joining us here on our t.v. plumbs of spoken to is covering the country's main cities following street battles between anti-government protests and police in egypt thousands of people armed with sturdy little petrol in the south and only seen their anger against islamic. mostly the political turmoil has also been fueled by the authorities decision to block the video sharing web site for months for posting off a controversial end to islam...
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with me thanks for joining us. and ultimate boast of desperation a man has died after setting fire to himself at a french job center is the latest self-immolation incident in unemployment plagued each hugh the forty three year old who'd been refused benefits had reportedly been given signals of pesos sidle and tantrums but they went unnoticed by the authorities more details now from all his tests elsie. that said it reports that he had actually set a letter to some journalists saying that he was going to do this this week so the police had said that they had set of surveillance outside that employment agency but they didn't manage to see him he was already on fire they said he had entered through a side street and therefore this tragedy had happened now the man did this after finding out that he is no longer eligible for those unemployment benefits and this is not the first time it has happened in france in august we know that a fifty year old jobless man had done the same and this is a worrying sign for france for
with me thanks for joining us. and ultimate boast of desperation a man has died after setting fire to himself at a french job center is the latest self-immolation incident in unemployment plagued each hugh the forty three year old who'd been refused benefits had reportedly been given signals of pesos sidle and tantrums but they went unnoticed by the authorities more details now from all his tests elsie. that said it reports that he had actually set a letter to some journalists saying that he...
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the power of propaganda and public opinion against us. all these factors are especially important in the theories of mow say tongue which is one of the great and, of course, most influential theorists of guerrilla warfare that there ever was, and he had a different view than that as practiced by the mow maddic warriors -- nomadic warriors of old. he wrote an incredibly influential book in 1938 called unprotracted warfare which he wrote sitting in a cave in northern china working so intently that he didn't notice that a fire from a candle was burning a hole in his sock. and what mao emphasized is as he famously said that people are like water, and the army is like fish. he said that it was search to keep -- it was essential to keep the closest possible relations with the people, that a guerrilla force had to be extremely cognizant of winning the support of the public upon whom it was operating. he gave instructions to his soldiers to be courteous and polite to pay for our articles and establish latrines a safe distance from people's houses
the power of propaganda and public opinion against us. all these factors are especially important in the theories of mow say tongue which is one of the great and, of course, most influential theorists of guerrilla warfare that there ever was, and he had a different view than that as practiced by the mow maddic warriors -- nomadic warriors of old. he wrote an incredibly influential book in 1938 called unprotracted warfare which he wrote sitting in a cave in northern china working so intently...
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"newsweek" tells us there are 500,000 polyamorous relationships in the us. i think there is no relevant distinction between those and two man in love. both have the emotional union and have what makes a marriage. even the idea that it is a sexual relationship, perhaps the least controversial part of most people's vision of marriage emma becomes harder to explain. if all that contributes to marriage is a certain fostering of emotion and tenderness, then it is hard to see why sex is crucial, why it is not replaceable depending on temperament or taste, with other forms of activities or intimacy. that is some of the reason i think this vision of marriage gets marriage wrong. it misunderstands the human we have after. you might ask what difference it makes, why it is not just enshrined, this alternative vision of marriage in the law? i think to get a handle on that question we have to first ask why we recognize marriage at all. a puzzling thing. usually the less personal a relationship is, the more the state is involved. our business partnerships, but not so much
"newsweek" tells us there are 500,000 polyamorous relationships in the us. i think there is no relevant distinction between those and two man in love. both have the emotional union and have what makes a marriage. even the idea that it is a sexual relationship, perhaps the least controversial part of most people's vision of marriage emma becomes harder to explain. if all that contributes to marriage is a certain fostering of emotion and tenderness, then it is hard to see why sex is...
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you can tweet us @booktv, comment on our facebook wall or send us an e-mail. booktv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. >> max boot presents a history of guerrilla warfare. the author poz its that unconventional warfare, often thought of as a modern means of war, has a long tradition that dates back to antiquity. this is a little under an hour. >> everybody got quiet. good afternoon. welcome to the heritage foundation and to our louis lehrman auditorium. we, of course, welcome those who are joining us on our heritage.org web site. for those in-house as we prepare to begin, please, make sure cell phones have been turned off. it is our courtesy our speakers do appreciate. we will post the program within 24 hours on our heritage home page for your further reference as well. hosting our event today is steven bucci. dr. bucci is director of our dougallyson center, he previously served as fellow for defense and homeland security. he is well verse inside the special area operations and cybersecurity areas as well as defense support to civil authorities. he se
you can tweet us @booktv, comment on our facebook wall or send us an e-mail. booktv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. >> max boot presents a history of guerrilla warfare. the author poz its that unconventional warfare, often thought of as a modern means of war, has a long tradition that dates back to antiquity. this is a little under an hour. >> everybody got quiet. good afternoon. welcome to the heritage foundation and to our louis lehrman auditorium. we, of course,...
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with me thanks for joining us. and ultimately destroy a man has died after setting fire to himself at a french drug center is the latest self-immolation incident and unemployment plagued hugh the forty three year old who'd been refused benefits had reportedly been given signals of pesos sidle intentions but they went unnoticed by the authorities more details now from his tests on c n. it said it reports that he had actually set a letter to some journalists saying that he was going to do this this week so the police had said that they had set of surveillance outside that employment agency but they didn't manage to see him he was already on fire they said he had entered through a side street and therefore this tragedy had happened now the man did this after finding out that he he is no longer eligible for those unemployment benefits and this is not the first time it has happened in france in august we know that a fifty year old jobless man had done the same and this is a worrying sign for france for a country that ha
with me thanks for joining us. and ultimately destroy a man has died after setting fire to himself at a french drug center is the latest self-immolation incident and unemployment plagued hugh the forty three year old who'd been refused benefits had reportedly been given signals of pesos sidle intentions but they went unnoticed by the authorities more details now from his tests on c n. it said it reports that he had actually set a letter to some journalists saying that he was going to do this...
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raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. has said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world bombing has redefined war there and intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address claiming that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not working john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war how it's the new opportunities for the us to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice to strategic consequences that inevitably come with the use of force . as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of the
raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. has said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world bombing has redefined war there and intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address claiming that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you...
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it's been another reckless so week for egypt and you're joining us here on our t.v. plumbs of spoken take is covering the country's main cities following street battles between anti-government protests and police in egypt thousands of people do a story. in their anger against islamic president mohamed morsi the political turmoil has also been fueled by the authorities decision to block the video sharing web site you tube for months for posting off a controversial end to islam film belching reports from the capital cairo on how the motion has been received by the opposition. there's been a lot of condemnation of the banned by protest movements to see you tube as a vital resource for disseminating information about human rights abuses by the security forces it's also an indication of an islam mind zation of egypt there's been a number of quite controversial statements made by these hardline muslim clerics in the last few weeks including a religious edict calling proposition forces to be killed and to misinterpret speaking to the ship's internal justifying the sex mob a
it's been another reckless so week for egypt and you're joining us here on our t.v. plumbs of spoken take is covering the country's main cities following street battles between anti-government protests and police in egypt thousands of people do a story. in their anger against islamic president mohamed morsi the political turmoil has also been fueled by the authorities decision to block the video sharing web site you tube for months for posting off a controversial end to islam film belching...
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well stay with us here at r.t. in just a few moments we'll have live expert analysis on john brennan's candidacy and the tough questions that he may face in the u.s. senate after a short break stay with us. more news today bought lim says once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations to rule the day. speak your language because i think you might be well enough to be in. the program documentaries in spanish what matters is. the long term the deep angle of the stories. here. altie spanish find out me visit actuality. welcome back to our tea as promised we have more analysis for you on barack obama's pick for the cia head and his upcoming confirmation hearing and what i'm joined by john the anchor c.v.r. editor at antiwar dot com sir thanks for taking the time to speak with us now when you look at the discourse coming out in the press about this confirmation hearing i mean it really feels like obama's counterterrorism policies are more on trial he
well stay with us here at r.t. in just a few moments we'll have live expert analysis on john brennan's candidacy and the tough questions that he may face in the u.s. senate after a short break stay with us. more news today bought lim says once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations to rule the day. speak your language because i think you might be well enough to be in. the program documentaries in spanish what matters is....
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that france will not use it against its own people one day. but this tweet to dispute has gone far beyond the borders of the u.s. and france and any greenland reached the fact subsequent cases skeptics warn that france may be happy to let personal freedom slide the birthday party of liberty equality for eternity france's most famous motto and three peers the country has been resting on since the french revolution and today they face new challenges with racism been one of them and it has many fear and whether both intolerance itself and the fight against it may see those hard fought principles swept aside. from paris. china is on the verge of taking a trading top spot from the u.s. it's explore what's an import studies a surging along with a number of math whisky it's will be time to take the race to the next level as we report shortly. roll call it evidence russian scientists discover the first fragments of the meet your crashed in the urals last friday which caused havoc and left hundreds injured that's ahead break. the news today volunteers
that france will not use it against its own people one day. but this tweet to dispute has gone far beyond the borders of the u.s. and france and any greenland reached the fact subsequent cases skeptics warn that france may be happy to let personal freedom slide the birthday party of liberty equality for eternity france's most famous motto and three peers the country has been resting on since the french revolution and today they face new challenges with racism been one of them and it has many...
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and is the same site used for north korea's previous two tests. the first in 2006 and the second in 2009. the u.s. geological survey detected a 4.9 magnitude seismic event in the area, more powerful than the 4.5 that registered in 2009 after north korea's second test. scientists in multiple countriesing detected the explosion. north korea issued a confirmation, declaring the test was quote, carried out at a high level in a safe and perfect manner using a miniatureized de greater explosive force than previously, unquoted. pyongyang also declared the the reckless hostility of the united states. unquote. in a state of the union address tuesday president obama had this to say. >> provocation of the sort we saw last night will only further isolate them as we standby our allies, strengthen our own missile defense and lead the world in taking firm action in response to defense and take firm action in respnorth threats. >> this is north korea's first successfully launched a long range rocket, raising fears north korea now has the capability to hit the uni
and is the same site used for north korea's previous two tests. the first in 2006 and the second in 2009. the u.s. geological survey detected a 4.9 magnitude seismic event in the area, more powerful than the 4.5 that registered in 2009 after north korea's second test. scientists in multiple countriesing detected the explosion. north korea issued a confirmation, declaring the test was quote, carried out at a high level in a safe and perfect manner using a miniatureized de greater explosive force...
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that's the word i'd use very carefully. it is not a culture of of of stereotypical rambo-kind of things because that's not the way special operations succeed. that's how you lose. and so you have to build a culture that a is evolved of problem solving, and problem solving in which building teams does that. so what happened is we went up through the first -- i was in the rangers and then joint special operations command through the first gulf war where we did scud hunting, hunting for iraqi missiles out in western iraq. and we were getting better and better at what we did. we all paid huge attention to what mark wrote so brilliantly about in black hawk down. that was the operation mogadishu. we went to school on that experience aided by the document that he had written on an operation that had gone very badly but then had been, essentially, dealt with by the force on the ground with extraordinary courage. but a lot of holes in what we could do came out. we came out as a fairly brittle force, ie, if everything went perfectly
that's the word i'd use very carefully. it is not a culture of of of stereotypical rambo-kind of things because that's not the way special operations succeed. that's how you lose. and so you have to build a culture that a is evolved of problem solving, and problem solving in which building teams does that. so what happened is we went up through the first -- i was in the rangers and then joint special operations command through the first gulf war where we did scud hunting, hunting for iraqi...
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more news after the break stay with us in our team. is to get rid of. the treasure. it's worth fighting. and the trap was no way out. three. three. three. three. three. three. videos for your media project c.e.o. dan dart t.v. dot com. welcome back to this week's odd days of strikes in spain as tens of thousands of teachers and students voice their anger over education cuts but the government seems unmoved by the crowds and says it is committed to belt tightening measures as it struggles to take the country out of its debt hole that the message from the people of spain was echoed on the streets of ireland where thousands united in a massive show of anger against severe austerity measures tough cuts were implemented to please our limbs creditors the country has been lying in a joint you i.m.f. fund alone since twenty eight ten. meanwhile angry crowds have been spoiling the mood of e.q. meters as they celebrate a historic budget deal cutting the block spending for the first time ever it was sealed after hours of debates and big hearing over the deal left the european p
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ok for us thank you very much indeed for joining us live from tunis foreign correspondent in the capital of china is you. it's predicted the outcome of this year's general election in germany could be majorly swayed by the kind of the differing approaches towards the greek economic crisis angela merkel's made challenge of the country's former finance minister says she's being simply too harsh on athens r.d.p. to all of the reports. main contender to angola merkel in this year's general election the social democrat party's peacetime brooke has said this his vision for how to deal with the greek problem is to give greece a little bit more time and for everybody else around the world to be essentially willing to spend a little bit more money now that includes germany of course this goes up against what has been angola merkel's message all the way which is that it's all by austerity and by a sturdy alone and cutting that deficit now that greece can get itself financially back on its feet now what is interesting is that in the german elections we're seeing the key battleground becoming greece
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plotting against america to somebody a us citizen or otherwise. is believed to be thinking something that could lead to actions against united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed the spite the un raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the us is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world drama has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act even apply because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address queening that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not worth john brennan often referred to as the architect of the demonstrations drone war counts the new opportunities for the us to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise c
plotting against america to somebody a us citizen or otherwise. is believed to be thinking something that could lead to actions against united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed the spite the un raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the us is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world drama has redefined war during intervention in libya he...
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a lot of us thought that obama would address of this, and he is not. you know, guantanamo remains open, but if someone has written an op-ed in the new york times, the people at guantanamo are really better off than if there were brought to the united states to serve in prisons here in this country, given what has happened to guantanamo because of human rights watch and the red cross keeping an eye on things. this tremendous anger throughout the middle east and north africa , and that is why americans take a certain amount of risk when they serve overseas and what has just happened in algeria is just another reminder of the peril. all of that is within the context of activity that has been taking place for the last ten years. again, it is about the overuse, i think, of military violence. we have a situation right now with regard to the drones. we need a legal architecture for use of the drones. resetting an incredible precedent. israel has drones. hezbollah has at least one from that overflew israel. what happens when russia starts using them against fo
a lot of us thought that obama would address of this, and he is not. you know, guantanamo remains open, but if someone has written an op-ed in the new york times, the people at guantanamo are really better off than if there were brought to the united states to serve in prisons here in this country, given what has happened to guantanamo because of human rights watch and the red cross keeping an eye on things. this tremendous anger throughout the middle east and north africa , and that is why...
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well coming up it's breaking the sets with abby martin stay with us you're naughty. to least be told language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about skiffy r.p. interviews intriguing stories for you to. see in troy arabic to find out more visit arabic don't all teach door to call. my juggling job. do hack work and get caught when lobbyists money and lawmakers are combined together that's where the problem of corruption comes from. i don't know the document's. keep up a smart look. there is also. another world behind which is how to influence things situations steer clear of provocations don't answer any question. came into the office and found banners hanging around the office and lots of strange faces around for want to turn what's what's happening. will somebody please tell me what's going on and they said oh we've come to occupy your building. possibly they want to do a confrontation possibly they wanted me to ring up the police. have the police come in through the mount. it didn't seem to be a good ide
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